For those of you who haven’t been paying attention for the last ten years, here’s a documentary that gives a nice bird’s-eye view of how technological changes have impacted the arts. Underscoring a main theme of the film is the fact that you can watch the whole thing here. For free.
Arts blogger and museumist Sue Bell Yank wrote a great post about some strategies museums are using to keep up with the changing times.
The winds are shifting, and museums of all kinds are reacting—sometimes fundamentally shifting their missions and structures in response, calling into question what comprises the boundaries of the institution.
Later on, she mentions the Popwagon as an example of a “decentralized museum.” I never quite thought of it that way, but maybe it’s time to start.
Check out the article and other thought-provoking museum-musings at Social Practice – writings about the social in contemporary art.
Here’s a video I shot of a performance piece at the Baldwin Hills overlook a couple weeks ago. It was part of the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art festival. We managed to arrive just in time to see the parachute drop.
I love this… What do you think?
Who is Banksy? Who is Thierry Guetta? This article in the LA Weekly discusses the many questions surrounding these artists– but mostly it covers a new film that showcases the LA art/graffiti scene. Interesting. The movie Exit Through the Gift Shop opens at the ArcLight and the Landmark on April 16th…
Here is a link to a very interesting article regarding new grants that are being allocated specifically for art spaces. Think of all the wonderful things we could do with an exciting new space… We could put on a show like the the one shown in the picture above. That would be real swell.